Hellinsia ochricostatus

Hellinsia ochricostatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. ochricostatus
Binomial name
	Hellinsia ochricostatus; (Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
	Leioptilus ochricostatus Zeller, 1877; Oidaematophorus ochricostatus;

Hellinsia ochricostatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Colombia[1] and Ecuador.

The wingspan is 27 millimetres (1.1 in). The forewings are shining white and the markings are brown. The hindwings are shining white and the fringes at the costa of the first lobe are dark grey, elsewhere they are white. Adults are on wing in October, at an altitude of 3,250 metres (10,660 ft).[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus ochricostatus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
"Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus ochricostatus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.

[2] "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.